Overhaul and Repair of Ni-Cad Batteries
Reference number:
7505
50220000
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Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment
IÉ wishes to procure the services of a suitably experienced company capable of overhauling and repairing trainset Batteries on all IE’s fleets including Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) and Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) and Locomotives.
The successful tenderer will be required to collect Batteries from IÉ’s Depots, overhaul or repair them in accordance with the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) recommendations.and return them. Typical overhauls will include but not limited to: Individual Battery Cell Voltage Check, Battery Clean, Tightening Torque of Battery, Battery Coating Repair, Battery Test and Battery Cell Change.
IE will be responsible for removing the battery sets from the rolling stock and for refitting them following completion of the overhaul / repair.
All work on the batteries is to be done at the contractor’s premises. Indicative requirements are expected be in the region of approximately 120 vehicle battery sets to be overhauled per year of the contract.